Patents by Inventor David C. Blake

David C. Blake has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9182361
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system includes a conventional, film-based X-ray machine and a digital imaging assembly. The X-ray machine includes an X-ray source and a bracket assembly configured to hold X-ray film. The digital imaging assembly is configured to be mounted on the bracket assembly of the X-ray machine. The digital imaging assembly includes a scintillation screen and a digital image sensor. The digital image sensor is coupled with one or more processors that is configured to receive user input that selects a mode of operation from between a still image capture mode and a video capture mode, receive digital signals from the digital image sensor, process the digital signals to generate digital X-ray image data in accordance with the selected mode of operation, and present the generated digital X-ray image data on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ann Arbor Digital Devices Inc.
    Inventors: William J. O Neill, Brian T. O Neill, David C. Blake
  • Publication number: 20140355738
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system includes a conventional, film-based X-ray machine and a digital imaging assembly. The X-ray machine includes an X-ray source and a bracket assembly configured to hold X-ray film. The digital imaging assembly is configured to be mounted on the bracket assembly of the X-ray machine. The digital imaging assembly includes a scintillation screen and a digital image sensor. The digital image sensor is coupled with one or more processors that is configured to receive user input that selects a mode of operation from between a still image capture mode and a video capture mode, receive digital signals from the digital image sensor, process the digital signals to generate digital X-ray image data in accordance with the selected mode of operation, and present the generated digital X-ray image data on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Ann Arbor Digital Devices Inc.
    Inventors: William J. O'Neill, Brian T. O'Neill, David C. Blake
  • Patent number: 5599316
    Abstract: An improved drug delivery system comprising a gun style injection device used for holding and administering a disposable pre-filled drug cartridge, a holster device used for receiving an end of the gun style injection device and thereafter severing cannula from cartridge and disposing of spent cannulas and cartridges, and an improvement to the drug cartridge is disclosed. The gun style injection device conprises a barrel, a handle, a hinged and spring loaded squeeze lever, and a safety trigger. The holster device comprises a leg protection panel to which a housing is coupled for disposing of spent cartridges. The holster housing is adapted for receiving the barrel of the gun style injection device. The holster housing provides a means for severing the cannula from a used cartridge and disposing of both the cannula and cartridge in separate containers. The cartridge design itself is improved in order to increase the performance of the gun style injection device and the holster cannula severing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: David C. Blakely
  • Patent number: 5228883
    Abstract: An improved drug delivery system comprising a gun style injection device used for holding and administering a disposable pre-filled drug cartridge, a holster device used for receiving an end of the gun style injection device and thereafter severing cannula from cartridge and disposing of spent cannulas and cartridges, and an improvement to the drug cartridge is disclosed. The gun style injection device comprises a barrel, a handle, a hinged and spring loaded squeeze lever, and a safety trigger. The holster device comprises a leg protection panel to which a housing is coupled for disposing of spent cartridges. The holster housing is adapted for receiving the barrel of the gun style injection device. The holster housing provides a means for severing the cannula from a used cartridge and disposing of both the cannula and cartridge in separate containers. The cartridge design itself is improved in order to increase the performance of the gun style injection device and the holster cannula severing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David C. Blakely, Dale C. Harris
  • Patent number: 5135144
    Abstract: A belt worn and readily portable medical supply pouch for holding a supply of drug containers in a temperature stable and contamination resistant environment is disclosed. A substantially rectangular housing fabricated from a thick insulating material comprising a bottom, two side panels, a front and a back panel with an open top. A housing thus formed defines a cavity therein for storing a supply of drug cartridges. A protective panel extending across the opening of the housing and angled downward into the cavity is provided to prevent contamination from entering the cavity, while providing access by the hand of a user through the opening and down into the cavity for retrieving one of the drug containers. The housing is covered inside and out by a water-proof and contamination-resistant nylon material. Two belt loop members are affixed to the back panel of the housing for attaching the pouch to the waist belt of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David C. Blakely, Hal Rucker
  • Patent number: 5105932
    Abstract: A precision magnetic manipulator for use in positioning targets, and the like, within a vacuum chamber, employs separate mechanisms for linear and rotational motion and makes them substantially independent. Ball or roller style bearings support a square, linear shaft within a housing, at least one set of bearings being at the point at which the shaft exits the housing, and another set being within the housing along the route of travel of the linear shaft, so that the shaft is fully being supported over the entire travel length. A magnet carriage supporting high-strength magnets, one system being optimized for rotational motion and the other being optimized for linear motion, couples to magnet followers within the housing, thereby providing rotational motion and linear motion which can be used in combination or separately, giving great freedom of movement within the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Inventors: Charles E. Bryson, III, David C. Blakely
  • Patent number: 4895008
    Abstract: A lockable security system, preferably a security drawer system (10), which uses an electronic combination lock (62, 64, 66) to control opening of the drawer (12). The invention includes a cam (80, 106) which co-operates with locking pin (86, 134) to prevent unauthorized access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Inventor: David C. Blake